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TCD-1 zone in Victoria: Town Centre District – 1

Victoria, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Main uses: Art and Cultural Facility, Assembly, Assisted Living Facility, Automotive Repair, Brew Pub (beer, spirits, wine), and 17 more.

Zone rules

Main uses
  • Art and Cultural Facility
  • Assembly
  • Assisted Living Facility
  • Automotive Repair
  • Brew Pub (beer, spirits, wine)
  • Care Facility
  • Civic Facility
  • Drinking Establishment
  • Equipment Rental
  • Financial Service
  • Food and Beverage Service
  • Hotel
  • Laboratory
  • Light Industrial
  • Office
  • Personal Service
  • Residential
  • Retail Liquor Sale
  • Retail Trade
  • Studio
  • Utility
  • Veterinary Clinic
Light Industrial and Automotive Repair are only allowed in the area bounded by Bay Street on the south, Blanshard Street on the east, Market Street on the north and Government Street on the west.
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • Accessory Building
  • Home Occupation
Minimum lot area540 m²
Minimum lot width15m
Maximum lot coverage80%
Maximum density1.6:1
Maximum height14.0m
Front setback0.0m
Rear setback6.0m for the First Storey and any Storeys without a Residential use; 8.0m or 25% of lot depth, whichever is greater, for Residential use above the First Storey up to 18.0m in height; buildings over 23.0m high: 10.0m for portions with a Residential use and exterior wall over 18.0m high, 6.0m for portions with a non-Residential use and exterior wall over 23.0m high
Interior side setback0.0m for buildings up to 23.0m high; buildings over 23.0m high: 10.0m for portions with a Residential use and exterior wall over 18.0m high, 6.0m for portions with a non-Residential use and exterior wall over 23.0m high
Street side setback0.0m
Other rules
  • Landscape area: at least 6% of lot area
  • Dwelling Units are not allowed on the first storey unless next to a flanking street lot line
  • First storey Office is not allowed within 6m of a wall abutting a street or walkway

Source: Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (consolidated on October 17, 2019 up to Bylaw No. 19-074; zone Parts amended to Bylaw 24-060, August 2024) and Zoning Bylaw 2018 (consolidated on June 9, 2022 up to Bylaw No. 22-048), s. 4.4 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. Victoria has two zoning bylaws in force. Zoning Bylaw 2018 (zones GRD-1, LVD-1, CVD-1, TCD-1, CBD-1, CBD-2, MRD-1, OTD-1, IAI-1, MI-1, LI-1, HI-1; https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-2018) applies to the areas on its Map 1: the Downtown Core Area and most commercial and low-density residential properties in town centres, urban villages and residential fabric. The Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (one PDF per zone) still governs the rest, including most industrial, medium and high density residential outside downtown, comprehensive development districts and some commercial properties. The City says its website bylaws are office consolidations provided for convenience; refer to the bylaws and amendments at City Hall. In text.txt every file starts at a '[source <url>]' line; the first file is the Introduction & General Regulations of Bylaw 80-159 and the Zoning Bylaw 2018 is appended at the end. Zones whose PDF has no text layer (image-only; no OCR was run) have no lines or pdf_page, only source_url; 179 codes, listed in places/victoria/no-text-layer.txt. For zones with text, pdf_page is the page inside that zone's own PDF (always the first page). Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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